Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-19-2024
Abstract
Attention to social justice is essential to improving cardiovascular health outcomes. In the absence of social justice, equitable cardiovascular health is impossible. This viewpoint provides a brief synopsis of the 2023 Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA)–sponsored session titled “Moving Towards Social Justice in Cardiovascular Health.” We define social justice and summarize the burden of cardiovascular disease inequity in the United States. We also highlight strategies for achieving social justice, including addressing workforce diversity, integrating social determinants into cardiovascular research, designing cardiovascular interventions to close the equity gap, and improving inclusivity in cardiovascular disease trials.
Recommended Citation
Baker-Smith, Carissa M.; Waddy, Salina P.; Hassani, Sara; Mujahid, Mahasin; Okwuosa, Tochi; Peprah, Emmanuel; and Boden-Albala, Bernadette, "JAHA at Scientific Sessions 2023: Moving Toward Social Justice in Cardiovascular Health in the United States" (2024). Department of Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 476.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medfp/476
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
PubMed ID
39508176
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author's final published version in Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 13, Issue 22, November 2024, Article number e037936.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.037936.
Copyright © 2024 The Author(s) and Novartis Foundation.